Leandro Corrieri de Macedo (born March 18, 1968 in

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) is an athlete from

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, who competes in

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. He won the inaugural event at the

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. Macedo competed at the first Olympic triathlon at the

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. He took fourteenth place with a total time of 1:49:50.69. Four years later, at the

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, Macedo competed again. He placed thirty-first with a time of 1:57:39.36.

References

* 1968 births Living people Brazilian male triathletes Olympic triathletes for Brazil Triathletes at the 1995 Pan American Games Triathletes at the 1999 Pan American Games Triathletes at the 2000 Summer Olympics Triathletes at the 2003 Pan American Games Triathletes at the 2004 Summer Olympics Brazilian people of Italian descent Pan American Games gold medalists for Brazil Pan American Games medalists in triathlon South American Games gold medalists for Brazil South American Games medalists in triathlon Competitors at the 2002 South American Games Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games 20th-century Brazilian people {{Brazil-triathlon-bio-stub